Teachers’ Effectiveness on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Utilization in Secondary Schools: Calabar Education Zone

Abstract:

There are problems with teachers’ effectiveness as a result of improper utilization of ICT facilities in teaching and learning process. This research is to examine teachers’ effectiveness on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) facilities in secondary schools, Calabar education zone. Specifically, this research sought to find the influence of overhead projector and digital versatile disk facilities on teachers’ effectiveness in government secondary schools. Related literature and some empirical studies were reviewed. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated which guided this research work. Four Likert rating scales made up of 16 structured questionnaire items used in generating data for the study, while the instrument was face validated by three experts. The population of 1,831 respondents with the sample size of 886 teachers and a survey design technique were employed. Data collected was analyzed using the simple percentages and bar charts for the research questions and analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses formulated. The finding revealed that overhead1 projectors and digital versatile disk families were found fairly utilized in teaching and learning process and they significantly influences teachers’ effectiveness in secondary schools. It is recommended that digital versatile disk should be made available in government secondary schools and overhead projectors should be installed. Also, teachers and students should be trained on the use of the ICT facilities in order to use them for teachers' effectiveness.